Come join ISE’s faculty and fellow students as they welcome Leon McGinnis, professor emeritus, from Georgia Tech and ISE advisory board members as he discusses the case for analysis agnostic system models.
As always refreshments will be served from 10:30 – 10:50 am in room 428 Daniels Hall.
In the ISE discipline, we have seen amazing progress in our ability to create analytical models and computational methods for using them to make predictions about systems. These models invariably, however, address very specific questions about the system of interest. Too often, these models, such as factory simulations or supply chain optimizations, are hand-built for specific systems, and often tedious, expensive endeavor. But when we need multiple system models, e.g., to design a system for producing composite aircraft, or a health-care delivery system—scenarios with multiple decision-makers and multiple important (conflicting) concerns—we struggle to guarantee that all the different analysis models actually are based on the same or at least compatible assumptions about the system of interest. A solution to this dilemma is to start with analysis-agnostic system models, as is common in other engineering disciplines, and use them as the foundation for system analysis and design decision-making. In this talk, I will address these questions:
Leon McGinnis is Professor Emeritus in the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech where he remains active in teaching and research. He is internationally known for his leadership in the material handling research community and his research in the area of discrete event logistics systems. A frequent speaker at international conferences, he has received several awards from professional societies for his innovative research. He is the author or editor of eight books, one journal special issue, and more than 110 technical publications. At Georgia Tech, ProfessorMcGinnis has held leadership positions in a number of industry-focused centers and multi-disciplinary programs. His current research explores the adaptation of Model-Based Systems Engineering principles and methods to the design and control of discrete event logistics systems (DELS). With support frommultiple corporations and the National Institute for Science and Technology, his team is investigating novel approaches for both system design and operational control through material handling. ProfessorMcGinnis is a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineering.
